Should have broken up the M$ monopoly long ago. Happy days are here again. The scary thing about Bill Gates and Mr Ballmer is that they persist in claiming to have "done nothing wrong." A little remorse would go along way. But these guys are out of touch with reality. Power corrupts. Monopoly power corrupts absolutly. Cheers, smithdog
The US Govt and the States should require that all software purchases for government must be open source. This will effectively lock-out M$ from the largest software customers in the world. Cheers, Smithdog
Any MS vice president will tell that the govt. is preventing MS from innovating. If the govt. would only stop extending copyright and patent protection to MS, then MS could "compete in the market place, not the court room." When I grow up, I want to be Chief Software Archetect, just like Bill Gates, only better looking!
if you never distribute binaries, then you need not distribute the source code. This is what allows companies to build custom software on top of the GNU system that can give them a competitive advantage in the market they serve. This has always been permited by the GPL even though many people have not realised this. This is as it should be in my view. Cheers, gbs
It is easier to kick an opium addiction for most people than it is for a large organization to switch to another OS. Addictive == TRUE. The threat of force is _always_ implicitly present to back up copyright and other laws. Gunboats == TRUE. Cheers, gbs
By dominating the pre-installed / OEM software market with low-quality proprietary software, Bill Gates has created an environment where Free Software can flourish. Keep up the innovation Mr Gates. Cheers, smithdog
Talin is well known in the Games industry as one of the few people who have the multible talents to create an entire game single-handedly. Complex Role Playing Games built by one person take several years to complete. So we added artists, sound designers, and a Producer to manage it all. The people who became game producers are largely the ones who attempted to impose the Hollywood culture on to an engineering process. In Hollywood productions, _everyone_ gets laid off at the end of the production. However, engineering companies make every attempt to retain their talented engineers and re-use the technology they create. In my view, it is the Hollywood wannabees that have ruined the game industry. Most of Talin's complaints about the industry can be traced directly to the mentality of the Hollywood wannabees that become game producers. BTW, the last game company that I worked for (The Dreamer's Guild, co-founded by Talin) still owes me two months salary that I will never see because they filed for bankruptcy after bouncing paychecks. Hey Talin, Now that you are being paid better, could you _please_ send me that back-pay? Cheers, smithdog "Roll out the spaniel." "We'll have a spaniel of fun!"
The Penquins looked unhappy because they did not get in on the ground floor of the recent Red Hat stock IPO. I cant say that I feel much better! cheers, gbs
Kevin got kicked out of LA Pierce College more than once. Once while he suspended he got caught backing up the microVax in our lab to his tape. Kevin was compulsive about his cracking. He needed help to control his impulsive behavior back in the early 1980's has never got the help he needed. Prison probably did little to cure his compulsions. Since Kevin can use a computer he can just watch over our shoulders and ask us lots of questions until his punishment time is up. At DefCon last month, a panel of Feds spoke to the audience in the main hall. They seemed to admit that Mitnick was being made an example of by the Federal Govt. The civilian in charge of securing the US Army's IT infrastructure pleaded with the crowd to "not hack us until after this Y2K thing is over with." Will Kevin Mitnick be able to resist his urges to crack into other peoples computers? I think everyone should be allowed to break into there own computers. Cheers, gbs
As a frequent reader of Metcalfe's column in InfoWorld I can confirm that you are correct in that Metcalfe was obviously trolling in his Linux bashing column. I recognized his dry sarcastic wit straight off. Mr Metcalfe must be laughing at the response.
M$ SexChange is definitely _not_ the way to go. Other M$ products to avoid. M$ Expel. (popular spread sheet) M$ Abcess. (weak data base) M$ Turd. (popular turd processor)
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by John Hinkley and Secretary of State Al Haig held a news conference where he stated, " I am in control here at the White House." The only problem was that there were a couple people ahead of Haig in the official succession of power.
Bob needs to get a grip if he is being serious. I prefer to give Cringely the benefit of the doubt and assume that he must be jokeing. Just like Metcalf was jokeing about the death of linux. The "Priates of Silicon Valley" was a TNT movie, not a Frontline, NOVA or National Geographic documentory. What did he expect? Truth, Justice and the American Way? Cheers, gbs
Does this mean we can stop sending beer now?
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It makes me happy to see Rob and the rest get rewarded for all their hard work.
Since they have incorporated as a non-profit orgainization does that mean they cannot take the company public with an IPO? Anyone who really knows the answer please reply.
Oddly ESR has the gaul to publicly tell RMS to "shut up and show them the code" while RMS has written far more Free Software than ESR. Furthermore, ESR writes long-winded psuedo-science which real scientist find embarassingly simplistic and reveal ESR's lack of education. While in contrast, RMS writes concise and clearly worded statements that convey exactly what he is trying to communicate. ESR is the one who needs to "shut up and show them the code!" What ESR is doing is counter-productive to the goals of Freedom for all users of software.
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Should have broken up the M$ monopoly long ago. Happy days are here again. The scary thing about Bill Gates and Mr Ballmer is that they persist in claiming to have "done nothing wrong." A little remorse would go along way. But these guys are out of touch with reality. Power corrupts. Monopoly power corrupts absolutly. Cheers, smithdog
The US Govt and the States should require that all software purchases for government must be open source. This will effectively lock-out M$ from the largest software customers in the world. Cheers, Smithdog
Actually I would prefer to call him Johann Phillipe Suse
Any MS vice president will tell that the govt. is preventing MS from innovating. If the govt. would only stop extending copyright and patent protection to MS, then MS could "compete in the market place, not the court room." When I grow up, I want to be Chief Software Archetect, just like Bill Gates, only better looking!
if you never distribute binaries, then you need not distribute the source code. This is what allows companies to build custom software on top of the GNU system that can give them a competitive advantage in the market they serve. This has always been permited by the GPL even though many people have not realised this. This is as it should be in my view. Cheers, gbs
Yes, but Ballmer can play that role without shaving. Cat not included.
It is easier to kick an opium addiction for most people than it is for a large organization to switch to another OS. Addictive == TRUE. The threat of force is _always_ implicitly present to back up copyright and other laws. Gunboats == TRUE. Cheers, gbs
Here is a thought. M$ selling W2K to the PRC has a historic parallel to the British Empire selling opium to China during colonialism.
Microsoft will continue to innovate.
Each year several tons of underage geeks attend COMDEX. They just use a badge with someone elses name on it. Cheers, gbs
How do you like that for a lock-in?
By dominating the pre-installed / OEM software market with low-quality proprietary software, Bill Gates has created an environment where Free Software can flourish. Keep up the innovation Mr Gates. Cheers, smithdog
Talin is well known in the Games industry as one of the few people who have the multible talents to create an entire game single-handedly. Complex Role Playing Games built by one person take several years to complete. So we added artists, sound designers, and a Producer to manage it all. The people who became game producers are largely the ones who attempted to impose the Hollywood culture on to an engineering process. In Hollywood productions, _everyone_ gets laid off at the end of the production. However, engineering companies make every attempt to retain their talented engineers and re-use the technology they create. In my view, it is the Hollywood wannabees that have ruined the game industry. Most of Talin's complaints about the industry can be traced directly to the mentality of the Hollywood wannabees that become game producers. BTW, the last game company that I worked for (The Dreamer's Guild, co-founded by Talin) still owes me two months salary that I will never see because they filed for bankruptcy after bouncing paychecks. Hey Talin, Now that you are being paid better, could you _please_ send me that back-pay? Cheers, smithdog "Roll out the spaniel." "We'll have a spaniel of fun!"
The Penquins looked unhappy because they did not get in on the ground floor of the recent Red Hat stock IPO. I cant say that I feel much better! cheers, gbs
Kevin got kicked out of LA Pierce College more than once. Once while he suspended he got caught backing up the microVax in our lab to his tape. Kevin was compulsive about his cracking. He needed help to control his impulsive behavior back in the early 1980's has never got the help he needed. Prison probably did little to cure his compulsions. Since Kevin can use a computer he can just watch over our shoulders and ask us lots of questions until his punishment time is up. At DefCon last month, a panel of Feds spoke to the audience in the main hall. They seemed to admit that Mitnick was being made an example of by the Federal Govt. The civilian in charge of securing the US Army's IT infrastructure pleaded with the crowd to "not hack us until after this Y2K thing is over with." Will Kevin Mitnick be able to resist his urges to crack into other peoples computers? I think everyone should be allowed to break into there own computers. Cheers, gbs
As a frequent reader of Metcalfe's column in InfoWorld I can confirm that you are correct in that Metcalfe was obviously trolling in his Linux bashing column. I recognized his dry sarcastic wit straight off. Mr Metcalfe must be laughing at the response.
M$ SexChange is definitely _not_ the way to go. Other M$ products to avoid. M$ Expel. (popular spread sheet) M$ Abcess. (weak data base) M$ Turd. (popular turd processor)
and use the convenient drive-thru window.
by John Hinkley and Secretary of State Al Haig held a news conference where he stated, " I am in control here at the White House." The only problem was that there were a couple people ahead of Haig in the official succession of power.
Bob needs to get a grip if he is being serious. I prefer to give Cringely the benefit of the doubt and assume that he must be jokeing. Just like Metcalf was jokeing about the death of linux. The "Priates of Silicon Valley" was a TNT movie, not a Frontline, NOVA or National Geographic documentory. What did he expect? Truth, Justice and the American Way? Cheers, gbs
It makes me happy to see Rob and the rest get rewarded for all their hard work.
Since they have incorporated as a non-profit orgainization does that mean they cannot take the company public with an IPO? Anyone who really knows the answer please reply.
Oddly ESR has the gaul to publicly tell RMS to "shut up and show them the code" while RMS has written far more Free Software than ESR. Furthermore, ESR writes long-winded psuedo-science which real scientist find embarassingly simplistic and reveal ESR's lack of education. While in contrast, RMS writes concise and clearly worded statements that convey exactly what he is trying to communicate. ESR is the one who needs to "shut up and show them the code!" What ESR is doing is counter-productive to the goals of Freedom for all users of software.
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Hints: browse to www.altavista.com and try these keywords "ivan sutherland" "xerox parc" cheers, gbs